diff --git a/include/media/stagefright/foundation/AWakeLock.h b/include/media/stagefright/foundation/AWakeLock.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57716c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/media/stagefright/foundation/AWakeLock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef A_WAKELOCK_H_
+#define A_WAKELOCK_H_
+
+#include <media/stagefright/foundation/ABase.h>
+#include <powermanager/IPowerManager.h>
+#include <utils/RefBase.h>
+
+namespace android {
+
+class AWakeLock : public RefBase {
+
+public:
+    AWakeLock();
+
+    // NOTE: acquire and release are not thread safe
+
+    // returns true if wakelock was acquired
+    bool acquire();
+    void release(bool force = false);
+
+    virtual ~AWakeLock();
+
+private:
+    sp<IPowerManager> mPowerManager;
+    sp<IBinder>       mWakeLockToken;
+    uint32_t          mWakeLockCount;
+
+    class PMDeathRecipient : public IBinder::DeathRecipient {
+    public:
+        PMDeathRecipient(AWakeLock *wakeLock) : mWakeLock(wakeLock) {}
+        virtual ~PMDeathRecipient() {}
+
+        // IBinder::DeathRecipient
+        virtual void binderDied(const wp<IBinder> &who);
+
+    private:
+        PMDeathRecipient(const PMDeathRecipient&);
+        PMDeathRecipient& operator= (const PMDeathRecipient&);
+
+        AWakeLock *mWakeLock;
+    };
+
+    const sp<PMDeathRecipient> mDeathRecipient;
+
+    void clearPowerManager();
+
+    DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS(AWakeLock);
+};
+
+}  // namespace android
+
+#endif  // A_WAKELOCK_H_
diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerRenderer.cpp b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerRenderer.cpp
index 04e52b8..25225a8 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerRenderer.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerRenderer.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <media/stagefright/foundation/ADebug.h>
 #include <media/stagefright/foundation/AMessage.h>
 #include <media/stagefright/foundation/AUtils.h>
+#include <media/stagefright/foundation/AWakeLock.h>
 #include <media/stagefright/MediaErrors.h>
 #include <media/stagefright/MetaData.h>
 #include <media/stagefright/Utils.h>
@@ -87,7 +88,9 @@
       mCurrentOffloadInfo(AUDIO_INFO_INITIALIZER),
       mCurrentPcmInfo(AUDIO_PCMINFO_INITIALIZER),
       mTotalBuffersQueued(0),
-      mLastAudioBufferDrained(0) {
+      mLastAudioBufferDrained(0),
+      mWakeLock(new AWakeLock()) {
+
 }
 
 NuPlayer::Renderer::~Renderer() {
@@ -514,6 +517,7 @@
             }
             ALOGV("Audio Offload tear down due to pause timeout.");
             onAudioOffloadTearDown(kDueToTimeout);
+            mWakeLock->release();
             break;
         }
 
@@ -1385,6 +1389,7 @@
 
 void NuPlayer::Renderer::startAudioOffloadPauseTimeout() {
     if (offloadingAudio()) {
+        mWakeLock->acquire();
         sp<AMessage> msg = new AMessage(kWhatAudioOffloadPauseTimeout, id());
         msg->setInt32("generation", mAudioOffloadPauseTimeoutGeneration);
         msg->post(kOffloadPauseMaxUs);
@@ -1393,6 +1398,7 @@
 
 void NuPlayer::Renderer::cancelAudioOffloadPauseTimeout() {
     if (offloadingAudio()) {
+        mWakeLock->release(true);
         ++mAudioOffloadPauseTimeoutGeneration;
     }
 }
diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerRenderer.h b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerRenderer.h
index 98fc44d..003d1d0 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerRenderer.h
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerRenderer.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 namespace android {
 
 struct ABuffer;
+class  AWakeLock;
 struct VideoFrameScheduler;
 
 struct NuPlayer::Renderer : public AHandler {
@@ -194,6 +195,8 @@
     int32_t mTotalBuffersQueued;
     int32_t mLastAudioBufferDrained;
 
+    sp<AWakeLock> mWakeLock;
+
     status_t getCurrentPositionOnLooper(int64_t *mediaUs);
     status_t getCurrentPositionOnLooper(
             int64_t *mediaUs, int64_t nowUs, bool allowPastQueuedVideo = false);
diff --git a/media/libstagefright/foundation/AWakeLock.cpp b/media/libstagefright/foundation/AWakeLock.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88c4f6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media/libstagefright/foundation/AWakeLock.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+//#define LOG_NDEBUG 0
+#define LOG_TAG "AWakeLock"
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+
+#include "ADebug.h"
+#include "AWakeLock.h"
+
+#include <binder/IPCThreadState.h>
+#include <binder/IServiceManager.h>
+#include <powermanager/PowerManager.h>
+
+
+namespace android {
+
+AWakeLock::AWakeLock() :
+    mPowerManager(NULL),
+    mWakeLockToken(NULL),
+    mWakeLockCount(0),
+    mDeathRecipient(new PMDeathRecipient(this)) {}
+
+AWakeLock::~AWakeLock() {
+    if (mPowerManager != NULL) {
+        sp<IBinder> binder = mPowerManager->asBinder();
+        binder->unlinkToDeath(mDeathRecipient);
+    }
+    clearPowerManager();
+}
+
+bool AWakeLock::acquire() {
+    if (mWakeLockCount == 0) {
+        CHECK(mWakeLockToken == NULL);
+        if (mPowerManager == NULL) {
+            // use checkService() to avoid blocking if power service is not up yet
+            sp<IBinder> binder =
+                defaultServiceManager()->checkService(String16("power"));
+            if (binder == NULL) {
+                ALOGW("could not get the power manager service");
+            } else {
+                mPowerManager = interface_cast<IPowerManager>(binder);
+                binder->linkToDeath(mDeathRecipient);
+            }
+        }
+        if (mPowerManager != NULL) {
+            sp<IBinder> binder = new BBinder();
+            int64_t token = IPCThreadState::self()->clearCallingIdentity();
+            status_t status = mPowerManager->acquireWakeLock(
+                    POWERMANAGER_PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK,
+                    binder, String16("AWakeLock"), String16("media"));
+            IPCThreadState::self()->restoreCallingIdentity(token);
+            if (status == NO_ERROR) {
+                mWakeLockToken = binder;
+                mWakeLockCount++;
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        mWakeLockCount++;
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+void AWakeLock::release(bool force) {
+    if (mWakeLockCount == 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if (force) {
+        // Force wakelock release below by setting reference count to 1.
+        mWakeLockCount = 1;
+    }
+    if (--mWakeLockCount == 0) {
+        CHECK(mWakeLockToken != NULL);
+        if (mPowerManager != NULL) {
+            int64_t token = IPCThreadState::self()->clearCallingIdentity();
+            mPowerManager->releaseWakeLock(mWakeLockToken, 0 /* flags */);
+            IPCThreadState::self()->restoreCallingIdentity(token);
+        }
+        mWakeLockToken.clear();
+    }
+}
+
+void AWakeLock::clearPowerManager() {
+    release(true);
+    mPowerManager.clear();
+}
+
+void AWakeLock::PMDeathRecipient::binderDied(const wp<IBinder>& who __unused) {
+    if (mWakeLock != NULL) {
+        mWakeLock->clearPowerManager();
+    }
+}
+
+}  // namespace android
diff --git a/media/libstagefright/foundation/Android.mk b/media/libstagefright/foundation/Android.mk
index c1dd6ce..08355c7 100644
--- a/media/libstagefright/foundation/Android.mk
+++ b/media/libstagefright/foundation/Android.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     ANetworkSession.cpp           \
     AString.cpp                   \
     AStringUtils.cpp              \
+    AWakeLock.cpp                 \
     ParsedMessage.cpp             \
     base64.cpp                    \
     hexdump.cpp
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@
         libbinder         \
         libutils          \
         libcutils         \
-        liblog
+        liblog            \
+        libpowermanager
 
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -Wno-multichar -Werror